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Russ Nixon Russ Nixon

Full name: Russell Eugene Nixon Born: February 19, 1935, Cleves, Ohio First Game: April 20, 1957; Final Game: September 16, 1968 Managed First Game: July 21, 1982; Managed Final Game: June 21, 1990 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 195 Russ Nixon Collectibles! Russ Nixon Memorabilia! Russ Nixon Cards! Russ Nixon Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1957 CLE A                62   185   15   52   7   1   2   18   12   7   12   0   1   1           6    0   1  .281  .323  .362  -0.6 1957 CLE A
1958 CLE A               113   376   42  113  17   4   9   46   13   4   38   0   4   2          15    0   3  .301  .322  .439  -0.1 1958 CLE A
1959 CLE A                82   258   23   62  10   3   1   29   15   1   28   0   2   5           9    0   0  .240  .277  .314  -1.6 1959 CLE A
1960 CLE A Daily Splits   25    82    6   20   5   0   1    6    6   2    6   2   1   1   0   0   3    0   1  .244  .308  .341  -0.2 1960 CLE A
1960 BOS A Daily Splits   80   272   24   81  17   3   5   33   13   3   23   0   4   1   0   2  10    0   1  .298  .329  .438  -0.6 1960 BOS A
1960 TOT A               105   354   30  101  22   3   6   39   19   5   29   2   5   2   0   2  13    0   2  .285  .324  .415  -0.8 1960 TOT A
1961 BOS A Daily Splits   87   242   24   70  12   2   1   19   13   1   19   2   2   3   0   3   5    0   1  .289  .327  .368  -0.6 1961 BOS A
1962 BOS A Daily Splits   65   151   11   42   7   2   1   19    8   3   14   0   0   1   0   1   4    0   0  .278  .313  .371  -0.5 1962 BOS A
1963 BOS A Daily Splits   98   287   27   77  18   1   5   30   22   5   32   4   1   2   0   1i  8    0   0  .268  .327  .390  -0.1 1963 BOS A
1964 BOS A Daily Splits   81   163   10   38   7   0   1   20   14   3   29   2   0   3   0   1   7    0   0  .233  .297  .294  -1.0 1964 BOS A
1965 BOS A Daily Splits   59   137   11   37   5   1   0   11    6   2   23   0   1   3   0   3   8    0   0  .270  .295  .321  -1.0 1965 BOS A
1966 MIN A Daily Splits   51    96    5   25   2   1   0    7    7   3   13   1   1   1   0   2   2    0   0  .260  .314  .302  -0.4 1966 MIN A
1967 MIN A Daily Splits   74   170   16   40   6   1   1   22   18   3   29   0   2   3   0   2   4    0   0  .235  .304  .300  -0.6 1967 MIN A
1968 BOS A Daily Splits   29    85    1   13   2   0   0    6    7   1   13   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .153  .217  .176  -1.3 1968 BOS A
Total            Splits  906  2504  215  670 115  19  27  266  154  38  279  11  19  26   0i 15i 83    0   7  .268  .310  .361  -8.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1957 CLE A         C   57                     268   31    5    5       11                 .984
1958 CLE A         C  101                     499   31    5    4       10                 .991
1959 CLE A         C   74                     374   31    6    8        4                 .985
1960 CLE A Daily   C   25   21   18   196.2   134    8    1    2   0    2    6    6    0  .993
1960 BOS A Daily   C   74   67   62   603.2   354   26    5    3   0    7   10   25    0  .987
1960 TOT A         C   99   88   80   800.1   488   34    6    5   0    9   16   31    0  .989
1961 BOS A Daily   C   66   59   52   513.2   330   24    9    2   0   11    7   28    1  .975
1962 BOS A Daily   C   38   33   29   286     201    7    0    1   0    1    0   15    0 1.000
1963 BOS A Daily   C   76   72   66   645     483   22    4    1   0    5    9   19    0i .992
1964 BOS A Daily   C   45   41   30   338     273   11    3    3   0    3    5   13    0  .990
1965 BOS A Daily   C   38   30   27   272.2   200   10    4    0   0    3    6   30    1  .981
1966 MIN A Daily   C   32   18   14   195.2   137    5    2    0   0    0    5   13    0  .986
1967 MIN A Daily   C   69   41   28   417     308   26    2    1   0    7   11   19    0  .994
1968 BOS A Daily   C   27   23   18   208     147    6    1    1   0    2    7   14    0  .994
Total              C  722  405i 344i 3676.1i 3708  238   47   31   0i  66   66i 182i   2i .988
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

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Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1982 CIN N   70   27   43  .386   210   275   7-21           6  6
1983 CIN N  162   74   88  .457   623   710                  6
1988 ATL N  121   42   79  .347   420   527   5-24           6  6
1989 ATL N  161   63   97  .394   584   680                  6
1990 ATL N   65   25   40  .385   267   365          6-21    6  6
Total       579  231  347  .400  2104  2557
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1953).

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Sammy White and Jim
Marshall (March 16, 1960); Sammy White refused to report to Cleveland Indians; trade
voided (March 25, 1960).

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Carroll Hardy to Boston Red Sox in exchange for
Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield (June 13, 1960).

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Chuck Schilling to Minnesota Twins in exchange for
Dick Stigman and a player to be named later (April 6, 1966); Boston Red Sox received
Jose Calero (April 17, 1966).

Released by Minnesota Twins (April 8, 1968).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (April 8, 1968).

Selected by Chicago White Sox from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1968).

Released by Chicago White Sox (April 5, 1969).

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